Lunch South Africa 191 and 233 for 3 (Stubbs 70*, Bavuma 64*, Jayasuriya 2-94) lead Sri Lanka 42 by 382 runs Temba Bavuma eased to his second half-century of the match, Tristan Stubbs strode to an assured fifty of his own, and the pair turned South Africa’s dominant position into a commanding one in a session that yielded 101 runs. Though they operated in the best batting conditions the game…
Shubman Gill must have wanted to feel good about himself before he got down to work. At the start of India’s training session in Canberra on Friday, he went around to the back of the nets facility, where only throwdowns were possible, and that too from about 10 yards, and for the first few minutes, he was totally freestyling. Big booming drives. Lovely back foot punches. After a little bit…
Lunch – England 45 for 3 (Duckett 32*) trail New Zealand 348 (Williamson 93, Phillips 58*, Carse 4-64, Bashir 4-69) by 303 runs New Zealand’s seamers stormed into the ascendancy on the second morning of the first Test at Hagley Oval, harnessing perfect swinging conditions to leave England reeling at 45 for 3. After Matt Henry‘s early removal of Zak Crawley for a duck, the killer blow was struck by…
“I think, for some reason if we can carry on with the same batting order, like KL and Yashasvi to open, Rohit could come in at three, and Shubman could come in at five,” Pujara said in a chat with ESPNcricinfo. “If Rohit wants to open, KL should bat at No. 3. Nothing later than that. I think he has to bat top of the order, because it suits his…
Nearly six years after he last played for India, fast bowler Siddarth Kaul has announced his retirement from Indian cricket. He is, however, still open to the possibility of playing overseas. Kaul ends his international career with six caps, three apiece in T20Is and ODIs between June 2018 and February 2019. Earlier this year, Kaul, 34, helped Punjab win their maiden T20 crown, finishing as their highest wicket-taker with 16…
Lancashire have signed Anderson Phillip for the first four months of the 2025 summer. Phillip is expected to be available for 11 County Championship fixtures as well as the group stage of the T20 Blast. Phillip played three Championship matches at the end of last season, taking 15 wickets at 23.93, but was unable to help Lancashire avoid relegation from Division One. “I really enjoyed my spell with Lancashire at…
Wiaan Mulder will not bowl or field for the rest of the Durban Test against Sri Lanka after fracturing his right middle finger while batting in the first innings. A decision on whether he will bat will be made as the match continues. Mulder suffered the injury on the first ball of the 27th over, which was the fifth ball he faced. Lahiru Kumara got one to nip back into…
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction for the 2025 season is set to be held on December 15 in Bengaluru. Each of the five franchises have a total budget of INR 15 crore, up from INR 13.5 crore last year, to build their squads. Delhi Capitals, led by Meg Lanning, and runners-up in 2023 and 2024, have the smallest purse of INR 2.5 crores, while Gujarat Giants, who finished last…
Chris Silverwood is set to return to Essex after being appointed as the club’s director of cricket. Silverwood will take up the role in mid-December, succeeding Anthony McGrath after the latter moved to Headingley as Yorkshire head coach. Silverwood’s initial tenure at Essex saw the club embark on one of the most successful periods in their history. He oversaw their promotion from Division Two in 2016, an achievement that was…
The ICC board will congregate on Friday in the hopes of ending the saga of where and how the 2025 Champions Trophy will be played, with less than three months to the scheduled start of the event. They will consider three options: A hybrid option, where the majority of matches are played in Pakistan but those involving India are played outside Pakistan. The tournament is played entirely outside of Pakistan,…